If you are waiting for a girl to be born and you have not yet decided what to call her, these original female names of Egyptian origin may take you out of doubt. They are names little used in our context, and some are very beautiful, with a great sound.
Of course, so that we are not only left with how the name sounds, we also offer you its meaning , so that the choice is perfect. There are precious anthroponyms that mean “wonderful”, “sweet”, “sunny morning” or “born in the rain”, to give a few examples.
- Ain , “priceless”
- Akila , “smart”
- Anat , one of the women of the god Seth and wife of Ra, goddess of war, fertility and love.
- Annipe , “daughter of the Nile”
- Asenath or Asenith , “daughter”. In the Bible, she is the wife of the Egyptian Joseph son of Jacob. In modern times it is also transcribed as Osnat. Etymologically it could also derive from “devotee of Anat”, “sacred Anat” goddess of war and fertility.
- Astarte or Istar , woman of Seth, goddess of war, love. Of Syrian origin.
- Aziza , “precious”
- Bahiti , “fortune”
- Bast , “personification of the warmth of the sun”
- Baset , “food”
- Bastet , goddess who was represented as a woman with the head of a cat or as a cat. It represents the personification of the hot rays of the Sun and exerted its beneficial powers. She embodied the peaceful aspects of dangerous goddesses like Sacmis. It was associated with the moon and protected births.
- Bennu , “eagle”
- Chione , “pilgrimage pilgrim del Nilo”
- Cleopatra , name of several queens of Egypt, the most famous is Cleopatra Filopator Nea Thea, that is, Cleopatra VII, the last queen of Ancient Egypt of the Ptolemaic dynasty.
- Dendera , from Dendera, a city on the east bank of the River Nile, about 70 km north of Luxor.
- Eboni , Ebony o Ebonique, “negro”
- Echidna , mythological monster
- Eshe , “life”
- femi , “love”
- Fukayna , “smart”
- Habibah , “amada”
- Hafsah , “married to the prophet”
- Halima , “gentle, kind”
- Haquikah , “honesta”
- Hehet , goddess of the immeasurable
- Ife , “love”.
- Jendayi , “grateful”
- Kakra , “a twin”
- Kamilah , “perfection”
- Kanika , “black”
- Keket , Egyptian goddess of darkness.
- Kesi , “born to a concerned father”
- Khepri , “sunny morning”
- Khissa , “sister of twins”
- Lapis , “lapis lazuli stone”
- Lotus , “lotus flower”
- Mafuane , “ground”
- Maibe , “tomb, burial”
- Mandisa , “sweet”
- Masika , “born during the rain”
- Mert , Mert ekert, “amante del silencio”
- Mesi , “water”
- Meshkenet , “destino”
- Monifa , “lucky”
- Moswen , “white” (it is male and female anthroponym)
- Mukamutara , “Hija de Mutara”
- Mukantagara , “born during the war”
- Mukarramma , “revered”
- Mumunah , “pious”
- Mut , “mythological mother”
- Nabirye , “mother of twins”
- Nailah , “successful”
- Nathifa , “pura”
- Naunet , mythological goddess of the ocean.
- Neema , “born to wealthy parents”
- Neith , divine mother, ancient goddess of war and hunting, later creator of gods and men, funerary deity, goddess of wisdom and inventor in Egyptian mythology.
- Nile , “del Nilo”
- Nourbese , “wonderful”
- Nubia , “of Nubia”
- Nuru , “born during the day”, valid for boys and girls
- Nut or Nuit , “The Great One who gave birth to the gods”, is the goddess of the sky, creator of the universe and the stars, according to Egyptian mythology.
- Ojufemi, Olufemi “loved by the gods”
- Olabisi , “the one that brings happiness”.
- Olympia, married to Philip II of Macedon and mother of Alexander the Great. She was not exactly queen of Egypt but of Macedonia, although her son did extend the reign of Macedonia with the Persian Empire to Egypt.
- Omorous , “beautiful”
- Oni , “wanted”
- oseye , “happy”
- Panya , “mouse”
- Pili , “born second” (for male and female)
- Quibilah , “peaceful”
- Rabiah , “born in spring”
- Ramla , “prophecy”
- Rashida , “justa”
- Raziya , “agradable”
- Rehema , “compassionate”
- Sabah , “born in the morning”
- Safiya , “pura”
- Sagira , “little one”
- Salihah , “agradable”
- Sanura , “gatita”
- Sekhet , wife of Ptah
- Shani , “wonderful”
- Sharifa , “respected”
- Shukura , “agradecida”
- City , “lady”
- Slama , “peaceful”
- Go up , “patient”
- Sum, “question”
- Tabia , “talent”
- Tahirah , “pristine”
- Tale, “green”
- Talibah , “seek knowledge”
- Tefnut, “atmospheric humidity”
- Thema , “queen”
- Theoris , “great”
- Umayma , “little mother”
- Umm , “mother”
- Urbi , “princess”
- Walidah , “newborn”
- Zahra or Zahur , “flower”
- Zalika , “well born”
Let’s hope that among this wide list of female names of Egyptian origin for babies you will find the one that is ideal for your little girl.
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